Cuthred (Kent)

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Cuthred (also Cudrædus, Cuthredus, Cuðred, Cuþred ; † 807 ) was king of the Anglo-Saxon Kingdom of Kent from 798 to 807 .

Cuthreds coin, minted in Canterbury 802–804 by Eaba, EMC number 2009.0264

Life

family

Cuthred came from a branch line of the royal family of Mercia . His father was the Ealdorman Cuthberht; his mother's name is unknown. Cuthred's brothers Cenwulf (796-821) and Ceolwulf (821-823) were successively Kings of Mercias. Cuthred's son Cenwald († after 811) is documented by Charter S39 from 805.

Domination

Cuthreds coin, minted in Canterbury 804–807 by Dudda, EMC number 1963.0018

Kent had come under the rule of King Offa of Mercien in 785 . Shortly before Offa's death in 796, a revolt broke out in Kent. Eadberht III. Præn was proclaimed an independent king in Kent. Offa's successor, Cenwulf, was able to put down the rebellion in 798 and install his brother Cuthred as sub-king in Kent.

Cuthred had coins minted in Canterbury between 800 and 807 . The approximately 50 pieces that have been preserved show numerous variations. It is most obvious that from around 804 onwards, in addition to the name, a portrait of the king was struck on the coins.

With the licentia ('permission') of his brother Cenwulf, Cuthred sold lands near Hrithra leah (near Petham, south of Canterbury) to Wulfred (805-832), Archbishop of Canterbury . A charter from the year 805 contains a land transfer to Selethryth, abbess of Lyminge. In 805/807 he sold land to Æthelnoth, his praefectus at Heagyðe ðorne (Eythorne near Dover). Cenwulf also pursued his interests in Kent, but always emphasized the agreement with Cuthred in his charters S157 (801), S159 (804), S160 (804), and S161 (805). Cuthred 805 signed a charter from Archbishop Æthelheard (792–805) as a witness. After Cuthred died in Kent in 807, his kingdom was reincorporated as the province of Mercia and under Cenwulf's direct control.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Simon Keynes: Coenwulf . In: Lapidge et al. (Ed.): The Blackwell Encyclopaedia of Anglo-Saxon England . Wiley-Blackwell, Oxford et al. a. 2001, ISBN 978-0-6312-2492-1 , pp. 111-113.
  2. ↑ Charter S165
  3. ↑ a b Charter S39
  4. ↑ a b Frank Merry Stenton: Anglo-Saxon England , Oxford University Press, Oxford 2001 (3rd edition), ISBN 978-01928-0139-5 , p. 225.
  5. ^ Philip Grierson, Mark Blackburn : Medieval European Coinage 1. The Early Middle Ages (5th-10th centuries) , Cambridge University Press, Cambridge 2007 (paperback), ISBN 978-0521031776 , p. 271.
  6. ↑ Charter S40
  7. ↑ Charter S41
  8. ↑ Charter S157
  9. ↑ Charter S159
  10. ↑ Charter S160
  11. ↑ Charter S161
  12. ↑ Charter S1259
  13. ↑ Simon Keynes: Kings of Kent . In: Lapidge et al. (Ed.): The Blackwell Encyclopaedia of Anglo-Saxon England . Wiley-Blackwell, Oxford et al. a. 2001, ISBN 978-0-6312-2492-1 , pp. 501-502.
predecessor Office successor
Eadberht III. Præn King of Kent
798–807 		Cenwulf
personal data
SURNAME Cuthred
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Cudrædus; Cuthredus; Cuðred; Cuþred
BRIEF DESCRIPTION King in Kent
DATE OF BIRTH 8th century
DATE OF DEATH 807
Place of death Kent